Antonio Carlos Jobim & Friends : Live at the Free

Jazz Festival

Release Date: 6/4/1996

The tribute concert at Sao Paulo's Free Jazz Festival on September 27, 1993
came at a time of growing visibility of and reverence for Jobim's music.
Concert producer Oscar Castro-Neves, Jobim's long-time associate, credits
festival producer Monique Gardenberg with the idea of bringing American
jazz musicians to Brazil to pay homage to Jobim, who learned so much from
them and in turn, gently shook up their music.

The Session
Recorded live September 27, 1993 at the Free Jazz Festival in Sao Paulo,
Brazil. Concert musical director: Herbie Hancock. Concert producer and
repertoire coordinator: Oscar Castro-Neves. Produced for release by Oscar
Castro-Neves and Richard Seidel. Recording engineer: Santiago Ferraz. Mixed
by Joel Moss at Signet Studios, Hollywood, California. Mastered by Rick Wilson
at Digisonics, Tarzana, California.

Personnel: Antonio Carlos Jobim, Shirley Horn (vocals, piano); Gal Costa, Jon
Hendricks (vocals); Joe Henderson (tenor saxophone); Herbie Hancock (piano,
keyboards); Gonzalo Rubalcaba (piano); Oscar Castro-Neves, Paulo Jobim
(guitar); Ron Carter (bass); Harvey Mason (drums); Alex Acuna (percussion).

Producers: Oscar Castro-Neves, Richard Seidel.

Recorded live at the Free Jazz Festival, Sao Paulo, Brazil on September 27,
1993. Includes liner notes by Richard S. Ginell.

Pianist Gonzalo Rubalcaba's performance on "Agua De Beber" was nominated

for a 1997 Grammy Award for Best Jazz Instrumental Solo.

Recorded at the Sao Paulo Free Jazz Festival in Brazil on September 27, 1993,
barely a year before Antonio Carlos Jobim's death, ANTONIO CARLOS
JOBIM/FRIENDS is an all-star tribute to the father of bossa nova, the blend of
traditional Brazilian samba and American cool jazz that was all the rage in the
mid-'60s. Featuring a wealth of stars, including pianist Herbie Hancock,
bassist Ron Carter, percussionist Alex Acuna and singers Gal Costa and Jon
Hendricks--not to mention Jobim's son Paulo on guitar--the 13-track set is
sharper and seemingly better rehearsed than most such one-off
performances. The overture-style "Prelude Melody" opens the proceedings
with a trio of Jobim's best and most complex melodies, played flawlessly by
 the assembled group before continuing through a well-chosen selection of
Jobim items both classic and rather obscure. The closing jam session of "The
Girl From Ipanema" is the only misstep on this otherwise delightful album.

Personnel Gonzalo Rubalcaba Piano |

Oscar Castro-Neves Guitar,
• Antonio Carlos Jobim Producer |
• Herbie Hancock Piano, Keyboards | Paulo Jobim Guitar |
• Joe Henderson Tenor Saxophone | Ron Carter Bass |
• Shirley Horn Piano, Vocal | Harvey Mason Drums |
• Gal Costa Vocal | Alex Acuna Percussion |
• Jon Hendricks Vocal | Richard Seidel Producer |